Long Lasting Liberty
Long Lasting Liberty Opening Thoughts: Good morning brothers and sisters. Today is July 2nd and we are just a couple of days from celebrating American independence from Great Britain. 56 men, 56 brave men signed the Declaration of Independence. Some of the more notable men who signed that document included: John and Samuel Adams, John Hancock of Massachusetts; Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, Jame Wilson of Pennsylvania, Richard Henry Lee, and the great Thomas Jefferson. In fact Jefferson, Franklin, John Adams, Sherman and Robert Livingston penned the declaration. Years ago I stood in the very room where the Declaration of Independence was signed. I remember as we entered the Assembly Room of what was known then as the Pennsylvania State House, there was a great deal of talking and commotion. Funny enough, a silence washed over the 50 or 60 of us that stepped into that room. You could feel the gravity shift as we instinctively knew that it was in